Natural Black Hair Styles
One of the beauties of natural black and african american
hair is the multitude of styles that can be accomplished
with it. It can be braided, twisted, wet styled, afro
styled, the list goes on and on. The books below just begin
to cover the subject of natural black and african american
hair styles.
If you are looking for an easy way to maintain your
natural black hair, you may want to consider "wet styling."
This is where you use water, conditioner, and pomades to
bring out the natural curl pattern in your hair, and shape
your hair into different styles. The book
Natural Black
Hair talks about this method. For information
about this method,
click
here.
J.D. Okahi Ojeikere in his book
Photographs documents some of the
traditional hairstyles of Nigerian women. These styles
aren't worn so much today as they were in the past, but
these photos show some of the creative things that can be
done with natural black hair. For more information about
this book
click here. For more information about
these style visit our historical pictures page by
clicking here.
Braids are a beautiful option for natural black hair.
In her book
Hair Talk, author Duyan James provides
background information on the history of African
braiding, as well information on how to braid black
hair. For more information about this book
click here.
